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Venue: Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

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Address80132 Naples
Campania
Italy
Google maps40° 50' 14.953" N 14° 14' 58.696" E
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NaplesUmberto Clerici / Sergej Krylov

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Paganini, Schubert
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo; Umberto Clerici; Sergei Krylov

NaplesLouis Lortie

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Chopin
Louis Lortie, Piano

NaplesLuisa MillerNew production

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Verdi: Luisa Miller
Daniel Oren; Davide Livermore; Teatro di San Carlo; Eleonora Peronetti; Giusi Giustino; Nicolas Bovey; Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo

NaplesPietari Inkinen

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Mahler: Symphony no. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo; Pietari Inkinen; Coro del Teatro di San Carlo

NaplesGala Domingo

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Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo; Leonardo Sini; Plácido Domingo; Sonya Yoncheva

NaplesThe Nutcracker

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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Simone Valastro; Corpo di Ballo del Teatro di San Carlo; Andriy Yurkevych; Nicola Rubertelli; Giusi Giustino; Valerio Tiberi

NaplesThe Nutcracker matinee

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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
Simone Valastro; Corpo di Ballo del Teatro di San Carlo; Andriy Yurkevych; Maurizio Agostini; Nicola Rubertelli; Giusi Giustino

NaplesMadama Butterfly

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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Francesco Ivan Ciampa; Ferzan Ozpetek; Teatro di San Carlo; Sergio Tramonti; Alessandro Lai; Pasquale Mari; Orchestra del Teatro di San Carlo
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Werther revived at San Carlo: an anatomy of emotional isolation

Caterina Piva (Charlotte) and Francesco Demuro (Werther) © Luciano Romano

Willy Decker’s psychologically intense Werther returns to the Teatro di San Carlo with a deeply human interpretation by Francesco Demuro and refined conducting by Lorenzo Passerini.

*****
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Rosa Feola’s Lucia rescues a San Carlo production showing its age

Rosa Feola (Lucia) © Luciano Romano
Gianni Amelio's 2021 production of Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro di San Carlo serves the music, but it no longer commands the same sense of discovery.
***11
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Laurent Pelly’s Falstaff passes the Naples test with flying colours

Luca Salsi (Falstaff) © Luciano Romano
The French director’s much-travelled production arrives at the Teatro di San Carlo, displaying a precise balance between word, gesture and voice. 
*****
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Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples

Ludovic Tézier (Nabucco) © Luciano Romano
Andreas Homoki’s staging at the Teatro di San Carlo, setting aside a few inconsistencies with the libretto, does not indulge in redundant symbolism. 
***11
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Ennio Morricone’s only opera, Partenope, finally premiered in Naples

Ennio Morricone's Partenope © Luciano Romano
Vanessa Beecroft’s production of Ennio Morricone’s demanding sole opera relies on strong visual images. 
***11
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San Carlo’s Medea a clash of worlds in a neoclassical framework

Sondra Radvanovsky (Medea) © Luciano Romano
A new Medea at the Teatro di San Carlo presents three distinct visions – neoclassical in the pit, expressionistic on stage and conceptual in the direction – that never fully merge.
***11
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Vocal triumph in Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro di San Carlo

Anna Netrebko (Amelia) and Ludovic Tézier (Renato) © Luciano Romano
Faithful to the libretto’s dramaturgy, the staging unfolds in scenographic environments of strong impact -
****1
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Il matrimonio segreto: elegance and modernity resonate in Naples

Il matrimonio segreto © Luciano Romano
What makes Stéphane Braunschweig's production exceptional is its ability to reveal the opera's beating heart without resorting to didacticism. 
*****
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